The range of views now include a unified consensus that the failures are Iraq’s, that the consequences are Iraq’s and that the international community believes that Saddam Hussein is failing to comply with his required...

We certainly see no reason why diplomats and journalists who have complied with the court-stated procedures for entering the courtroom should be arbitrarily prevented from doing so.

If he does indeed take power, he’s going to start out with a strategic goal of bringing Syria into the rest of the world, and that will require peace with Israel.

The U.N. Security Council should be prepared to take firm action to bring about Iraqi compliance in the event they don’t change their mind in the next day or so.

Clearly, both sides have a lot of work to do if we’re going to get the peace process back on track.

All the significant gaps have not been closed.

not conclude … that Dr. Rugova is speaking and acting freely and openly.

Attacks directed against the civilian population, the summary execution of detained persons and wanton destruction or devastation not justified by military necessity are war crimes under international law.

It’s part of the building of a stronger, deeper relationship between the United States and the Palestinian Authority.

Russia has found itself out of the mainstream.

The North Koreans have agreed to multiple site visits by a U.S. team to the underground site at Kumchang-ni.

The goal is to shine the international spotlight directly on China’s human rights practices.

In order to move forward to military action, it needs to be clear that Serbs are to blame

We think both sides need to understand that there is not that much time left for a negotiated solution which can give the legitimate rights to the people of Kosovo and protect the national interests...

With respect to the security work plan we believe that the Palestinians have met their responsibilities. There are other issues that we’re aware of that we’re working on.

The Russians understand the importance of maintaining a broad-based relationship with the United States. They are going to continue working with us on a wide variety of issues.

We’re not promising to bring it about. What we’re saying is we’re going to intensify our work. Right now, we’re focused on providing political support for the opposition. And Congress has given us the authority...

The ball is not in the Palestinian court. The ball is in the court of the Israelis to try to work with the Palestinians and work with us to come to a second ‘yes,’

If we had the Kosovo Albanians agreed, that would change the situation fundamentally, because then we would be in a position to use the very real prospect of NATO military action to concentrate the minds...

We have been deeply outraged by both the massacres at Racak and by Belgrade’s confrontational and destructive response to the justifiable international anger,

The secretary is always hopeful but thinks significant gaps remain between the Israeli and Palestinian positions. She will work to overcome those gaps but at this time has no reason to believe we’re in a...

the timetable for the … grave situation we’re in today.

It is our hope that this mandate will set Iran on a course towards a more constructive and a new role in the region, one which eventually leads to Iran’s full political and economic reintegration...

It will take time for us to determine if there has, indeed, been a change in that policy. We are not yet able to say that such a change has occurred.